Did Clement Freud tell the funniest joke ever told?

Sir Clement Freud was famous for many things and at the heart of most of them
was his incredible sense of humour. At the Daily Telegraph we were lucky
enough to benefit from that amazing deadpan delivery when he was a regular
guest on the Telegraph World Cup Pubcast in 2006.

On one occasion instead of discussing the upcoming Brazil versus France quarter final Sir Clement instead told the above joke. It provoked such gales of laughter at the time that it got us thinking - was this the funniest joke ever told?

Of course, there are many elements that have to come together to make a joke truly funny - a risky subject matter and an unexpected punchline help no end - and personal taste plays as big a part as anything else, but we think there is something special about the combination of a slightly rude joke coming out of the mouth of an 81-year-old gentleman.

We wouldn't be so bold as to suggest that this is definitely the funniest joke ever told but we humbly submit it for contention. And we can't think of many people who deserve the accolade of having told the funniest joke ever more than Sir Clement Freud.